Samantha Allan Park

by TheNerdyTomboyNewb96

Sam is a tomboy nerd whose life has been destroyed by the Foot. She has nothing but her older brother who's barely ever around. Somehow, fate leads her to discovering the turtles. Will they accept this stranger they just met, or push her away? Will this make her life better, worse? Involves canon material from movies, shows, and comics along with original content and characters.

46. Samantha Allan Park Ch46

Any references to TMNT or anything from popular media and culture is NOT MINE. I only own my OC's. Any references to "TMNT Out of the Shadows" DO NOT BELONG TO ME. Only my additions that I came up with myself belong to me. Anything from the films or other series ARE NOT MINE, only my OC's and my ideas that I have added onto the story FOR FUN.
Thank you.

Chapter #46

*Saturday July 4th, 2015. Church, 12p.m.*

The turtles were now making their way up towards the top pews of the church. April, Kris, and Irma had all lead the boys in through a back entrance so that no one would see them. As April guided them upstairs she had instructed them that one of them (or Casey once he arrived later on) would provide further instructions, but for now they would just be chilling out in the top pews. There was one way glass that had been built in so that viewers from the top pews would not be a distraction, and it was also a safety feature.

The turtles watched as people in all sorts of fancy clothes continued to enter the church.
Mikey frowned as he looked at the people down below.
"Where's Sam at? Is she running late?" he asked.
"Don't worry. She's taking forever to get ready since she can't do her own hair and make-up, but Kris said she's in the building" Donnie reassured.
"Then where is she?" Raph asked as he also looked throughout the crowd below.
"She's in the bridal party. Based on tradition, that means she will not enter our sights until the precession has begun."
"Is that why the music's playing?" Mikey asked as loud organs began to ring throughout the church.
"It should be" Donnie said with a smile.
"You texted him right?" Leo asked.
"Yesssssss, don't worry!" Mikey stated as he made his hand form an 'o.k.' symbol.
Jay had instructed the boys ahead of time to send him a text as to when they arrived at the church. None of them were exactly sure why they needed to do this, and even Sam was dumbfounded (or so she pretended to be) as to knowing why her brother had instructed the turtles to do this.
"Oh hey, the chief is here" Raph stated as he pointed to the woman who was taking a seat with some officers who were dressed in their uniforms.
"I wish she would get back to us about the information we sent her. It's freaking me out that we sent her that recording and she hasn't replied to us in any way yet" Donnie slightly frantically stated.

A couple of weeks previous, the turtles had sat down with Sam and recorded everything that she had to say in regards to what happened when they were all on the Technodrome. Each turtle contributed in explaining all that had happened, but the turtles were shocked to hear Sam mention what happened at the very end of the battle.
According to Sam, a group of small 'humans with pointy ears and bright spikey colored hair' that had shrunk themselves down where you could only see and hear them if they were right in front of your eyes and ears had provided Sam with a mutagen that would allow her to read Krangs mind for literally 10 seconds. This was what Sam had used in order to jab her hand into the tentacles that were located in the back of his head.
Obviously Sam could not learn everything in 10 seconds, but she learned that he was the leader of an army of other small Krang, and also of some environmental beings such as rock soldiers.
She had learned that Krang had taken over multiple other planets throughout what was apparently an incredibly huge galaxy and that although him and his ship were damaged pretty badly, he was far from being done with Earth and with the turtles.
Sam had stated that the weird looking people that gave her the chemicals to learn all this by connecting her nerves with Krangs were known as the Neutrinos, but the oldest brothers still weren't sure how true all this was.
What was currently upsetting Donnie was that they had sent this recording to Vincent, but she had yet to say anything back. For whatever reason this just left him with a bad feeling.

Donnie then felt someone nudge his arm. He turned to his left to see Leo staring at him with concerned features.
"Hey, don't worry about it for now. Right now we're here for our family. If Vincent is planning something, then we're not going to worry about it for this one day."
Donnie nodded with a smile.
"Ohhhhh I think it's starting!" Mikey screamed into a whisper.
The four brothers looked forward as they saw the groomsmen and the bridesmaids enter the church in pairs of two.
The men were all wearing sharp black tuxes, and the women that all came in were wearing gorgeous pastel colored dresses. They came in wearing purple, orange, yellow, pink, and blue pastel colors, and each woman looked stunning in their color, as if the pastel shade was created for them to wear themselves.
"Not to sound totally rude, by why are they all Asian?" Raph asked.
"Jay's family grew up in a community that consisted of mostly Asian American citizens, and since Sam's family was so close to them, they practically got to know everyone in their neighborhood. These are the people that Jay and Brenda have practically known since birth, hence Sam being friends with all their younger brothers" Mikey stated aloud.
The other three brothers then looked over towards their youngest with curiosity.
"And you know this, how?" Leo asked.
Mikey shrugged. "I asked questions when she showed me pictures of rehearsals, she answered my questions" he said bluntly.
"Whoa" Raph muttered.

The rest of the boys looked forward and now they knew why Raph had made his comment.
Walking in now was Sam, but this was a new Sam.

This Sam's hair had been straightened and slightly curled inwards at the ends. This Sam had eyeliner that made her usually dark brown eyes look as if they were bright colored orbs. This Sam had long lashes and hints of green eye shadow that matched perfectly to the light red blush on her cheeks. This Sam had just the perfect touch of light pink that was only hints away from being a more skin toned lip gloss that made her lips shine and look smooth and luscious. This Sam had obviously used lotions that made her skin glow in a way that no one had ever seen before. This Sam was wearing white heals that emphasized how long her legs truly were, and how slim and fit they were and that showed off her painted tone nails.
She wore a long pastel green a line dress (something that would make the tomboy feel comfortable while also meeting the quota of being 'dressed appropriately for a wedding').

The boys all stared in amazement. In the little over a year they had known the girl they had only ever seen her wear jeggings, sweatpants, or co-ed sporty shorts, so seeing her in a dress, and in heels, and with make-up on…it was a lot to take in.

"Wow" Donnie muttered, "I knew she was gonna have to clean up for this, but Sam looks beautiful." He looked down at the girl with slightly widened eyes. He was so used to seeing her nerdy side, since the two nerded out together every time they hung out, so seeing Sam look like a typical girl and not her tomboy sporty self was astonishing. The transformation was so beautifully surreal.

Leo was staring at her the same way, but with a small smile. While he agreed that Sam looked gorgeous, more than anything he was happy to see that Sam was walking straight and was keeping calm. Knowing her, she had to be mentally freaking out dressed that way. She wouldn't care that all eyes were on her, she was used to that, she was worried about being dressed the way she was.
"She's doing well so far. She hasn't stumbled or frozen up."

"When did she learn how to walk in heels? She literally told me she falls every time she even tries them on" Raph chuckled. He didn't want to be rude, but he never expected Sam to look like the girl that he was looking at right now. As he thought this he thought back to his conversation with Sam when she learned he was holding Chuck's old nunchuk and how she didn't want people to think differently of her because she was a girl, or because of her past. He mentally swore to himself that he wouldn't go overboard in telling her how beautiful she was (even though she truly was a remarkable sight to look upon) in order to protect her feelings.

Mikey felt the same way as Raph to certain extents, but as he stared down with wide eyes at his best friend he also felt disappointment rise up within him. Mikey knew that Sam was cute, and he knew that she had an attractive build from being physically fit, but he had never viewed her the same way that he was now.
Why hadn't he ever thought of her as the beautiful being that he was staring at right now? Of course, he knew that the Sam down below was an illusion, and he knew that this may literally be the only time he ever saw Sam dressed this way, so that had played a major role in why he had never expected her to look as stunning as she did now…but he felt ashamed in realizing that it wasn't until he saw her this way for him to see how much true and natural beauty she truly carried within her.
He should have realized how beautiful she was from the beginning. He should have recognized her beauty when she had her sweaty hair pulled back in a ponytail during training, not now when it was straightened so that not one fly away lay on her head. He should have recognized that Sam had curves just like any woman and not just noticed her figure now while she wore a dress that comfortably hugged her body. He should have realized that Sam would have rocked a pair of heels even though all he had ever seen he wear were sporty or skater shoes.
Was it because she was like his sister, or because since day one she had expressed her tomboy-isms that he had never imagined her to look the way she did now?
He mentally vowed that when he met up with his friend again that he wouldn't gush over her like he was in his mind just now, but instead would mentally remind himself that Sam was still a girl and that being a tomboy didn't mean he should ignore everything that she was and could be in every way. He would still treat her the same, but in certain ways he would make sure to show more respect towards her. That's what a best friend should do.

"Heh, I bet Kris is happy right now" Leo said with a smirk.
"Does she still like him?" Raph asked. "I know she's mentioned that in the past they were inseparable."
"She's never mentioned anything about it if she does" Mikey stated.
"Oh he's definitely happy though, look there and you can see his face" Donnie said as he pointed to a piece of glass from the window of the church.
As Kris and Sam continued to walk down the aisle a chunk of the glass revealed Kris's face, and he was smiling as if today was the greatest day of his life. Granted, his older sister was getting married today, but the boys also had a feeling that it was because of the beautiful girl that was holding onto his arm as they walked down the aisle together.
"He's smiling more than she is though" Leo noticed.
"She's probably just better at staying calm" Donnie teased.
"Ohhh there's Brenda!" Mikey stated aloud.
Everyone throughout the church rose from their seats as Brenda entered the church and slowly began to walk down the aisle.
Since Brenda had lost her father years before her family was forced into the Foot, Irma, Brenda's mother, did the honors of walking her daughter down the aisle towards her fiancée.
"I wonder what her face looks like, since Jay is beaming" Mikey wondered aloud as he stared at his brother figure who couldn't wipe the smile off his face even if he wanted to.

Finally Brenda had reached the front of the room and was now standing across from her soon to be husband. The turtles couldn't make out what she was whispering to Jay, but they saw the two smiling and then saw Jay turn towards everyone in the pews.

"Before we begin our ceremony, many of you know that we have some special guests with us today. None of us can see them, but Brenda and I are grateful they were able to make it today. We both would like to thank them, because without their help, this marriage would never have had the chance to become official. And not only have I and my fiancée been affected by these four, but almost everyone in this room is able to live their lives freely because of the four heroes that joined us the day we broke free from the Foot's hold. Although we cannot see you, the people in this room have been waiting for the moment where they can formally thank you for everything you have given back to them. So, shadows in the night, we thank you."
As Jay said these final words, he and Brenda then bowed forward as they faced the non-see through glass high up-above.
The four brothers were shocked since they had no idea that this was happening, and even though none of them but Mikey would have ever admitted it, but each of them felt as if they might cry as every single person in the church stood up, turned around, and then slightly bowed forward in the direction the turtles were standing in from up above.
The brothers looked down and saw faces, young and old, faces of all colors coming from different backgrounds, all types of people that were bowing with huge smiles on their faces. They even saw a few young hands waving upwards as if they personally saw who was behind the glass.
"This is incredible" Donnie muttered with a smile.
"Guys, we have the best human family ever" Mikey sniffed.
Leo nodded. "We do, we really do."
"Even now he's still protecting us, they all are" Raph said as he saw April and Sam stand up straight as they looked upwards with beaming smiles.

Soon everyone was standing and sitting in their proper stances, and the wedding continued on. The turtles had only seen wedding ceremonies on television, so it was a true honor to actually witness something so beautiful up close and in person. The scenery, the filled church with friends and loved ones, the words from the vows being shared that demonstrated how much these two cared for each other. The manliest of men couldn't deny how incredible it was to be a part of this event.

Finally the couple had reached the final step in the ceremony: the kiss that binded them as husband and wife. Of course Mikey was in tears because this was such a magical moment. Raph was keeping it together, but holy shit he was so close to crying as well because of how beautiful the vows alone were.
He tried to calm himself by starting conversation.
"So what do we do now?" he asked.
"Well, the instructions were to wait for further instructions, so we do that" Donnie said as he rubbed his brother's shoulders, sensing that his older macho brother was fighting back tears.
Just on time, April entered the space.
"Hey guys, and Mikey these are for you" she said with a smile as he handed him a full box of tissues.
"April you're the best" he wailed as more tears began to fall.
"So what's the plan?" Leo asked.
"So once it's clear I'm going to lead you to the upper rafts of the back room where the reception is being held. That area has lights and all different mechanics for shows and dances and stuff, so they have these rafts that you can walk across almost like it's a movie set. You guys are gonna camp out up there and people are going to keep coming up and checking on you."
April looked down at her phone.
"Alright Casey says the main guests have left. The only ones left in the church are family members of the bridal party who want to take pictures. Now's the time to move."

And just like April said, the boys were now relocated to the walkways above what was being used as the reception hall. The hall was decorated to look just as gorgeous as the church had. The centerpieces contained pictures of the bride and groom from childhood all the way up until when Jay had proposed. A slideshow of all these pictures was also playing in the front of the hall. The table cloths were all pastel colors, which seemed to be the color scheme of this wedding, and there were vases of beautiful pastel shaded roses all throughout the room. The guests were all participating in some fun games and activities that were scattered throughout the room until finally everyone in the bridal party had arrived.
The bride and groom had their first dance, Kris and Sam both read their heartwarming speeches that they had written, Irma had made a lovely toast, and then everyone began to eat and mingle.

Then came the next unique portion of the night, the group dances.
Right before the dances began, the four boys got a message from April that read 'if you tease Sam about what happens next, she said she will literally ignore you for a year.'
The boys all looked down towards where Sam was sitting at the head table right next to Brenda, wondering what the hell was about to happen that she would be so embarrassed by it.
That's when the music began to play.
"Is…is this from High School Musical?" Raph asked.
Leo raised a brow as he smiled at his brother.
"And you know that how?"
"And you know I'm right, how?" Raph grunted with an irked expression.
"It is!" Mikey announced as he held his hands together.
"Guys, it was all our childhood, as men we can admit that we all saw those movies. Don't make it weird" Donnie said as he nudged his older brothers.
As 'Can I Have This Dance?' came on and played throughout the room, the boys watched as each groomsmen took the hand of a bridesmaid and walked out towards the dance floor where the bride and groom were already standing together and beginning their portion of the dance.
Of course Sam was paired with Kris and the two were now dancing hand in hand.
While some of the other pairings were giggling and even making other guests watching laugh playfully because they accidentally miss-stepped or maybe were a bit goofy because someone in the duo was overly confident or a bit more shy than the other, Sam and Kris being the dancers they were, were in sync throughout the entire performance.

Mikey felt weird as the first chorus ended and Kris and Sam now parted ways and then joined up with others in the group. After the first chorus all the pairs ended up splitting up and dancing with others in the group. The turtles tried to remember who the faces were of the men that Sam was now dancing with since she had shown them so many pictures of people she and Jay were friends with.
Mikey (and the other brothers) watched as Sam moved on to dance with Ryan (Kevin's older brother) as their hands connected and the two twirled towards the next pair where Sam was passed on to Jason, and then not long after to Eric (both being Key's older brothers). She was then guided towards Henry (Ken's older brother) and then finally towards a man named Justin who didn't have any siblings who were Sam's age, but who had still grown up being close friends with Jay.
Mikey felt weird for being happier to see Sam dance with these other men than when she was dancing with Kris. He lightly shook his head, not wanting to concern his brothers, as he tried to shake these thoughts from his mind. Why would he ever think that? He was Sam's best friend, he should be happy when she was happy, yet these weird feelings came back as Sam reunited with Kris on the dance floor.

All the women were then lifted up into the air as the men spun around and continued on with the motion of the dance. Then it happened again and Mikey felt his chest begin to hurt.
'Man it must be hot up here or something' he thought to himself, 'that's gotta be it.'
He then watched as Sam was dipped by Kris and how she clung to him so that she wouldn't fall. He then saw for the first time the smile on her face that now matched the smile on her partner's face.
"Awwww look how happy she is" Leo stated genuinely.
"Can I tease her about that?" Raph said with a devilish grin.
"Heh, yeah. If you have a death wish" Donnie teased.
While the other brothers were enjoying the dance and were thrilled to see Sam so happy, Mikey just felt…weird. As much as he loved to see Sam dance and be happy, he just felt…not like himself.
The boys then watched as Kris lifted Sam up in a move where he held her from behind. One of Sam's arms was wrapped around Kris while the other was thrust into the air, while her body was leaned back and curled as Kris spun them around.
'They look like their meant for each other…I have to get used to this' Mikey thought to himself. He then concluded that this feeling was brotherly instinct, because of course he wanted Sam to be happy just like his brothers had been commenting on seconds ago, but seeing her with Kris just didn't feel right. It had to be his brotherly intuition of not wanting her to get her heartbroken.

Somehow this had helped put Mikey at ease as the dance number concluded.
He also assumed this was the case because as the song repeated (it had been edited so that it was much longer than the original) his weird feelings went away as Sam began to dance with other guys. Each member of the wedding party was now branching out and pulling spectating guests out onto the dance floor to dance with them (although this was already rehearsed). Sam went down the line of pulling the rest of the members of the '5K' out onto the dance floor. First she danced with Key, then Kyle, then Kevin, and then Ken. The final person she had pulled out onto the dance floor was Casey. It was perfect that he ended up attending and agreeing to participate since they were outnumbered during planning, so Casey was part of the final group to be pulled onto the dance floor and soon after was paired up with April.

At this point Sam was now dancing with Jay while Kris was now dancing with Brenda, the two couple of siblings in the middle of the dance floor while everyone else paused and watched.
This was when Mikey knew that his feelings were just brotherly and nothing more. He hadn't felt weird as he watched Sam dance with the other men in the wedding party, and he didn't feel weird as he watched Sam dance with the rest of her guy friends. This had to be proof that his feelings were just of brotherly worry because he knew that Sam had a crush on Kris in the past and he assumed she still had those feelings now that her human childhood friend had now reconnected with her once everything about them being tied to the Foot had been revealed.

None of the brothers would admit this to the others, but they all felt a strange feeling as they watched Sam dance with Kris. They were all so used to Sam being her dorky tomboy self that they had never considered picturing her with other guys. They didn't care that she had other guy friends, and they all knew that she would obviously attract someone someday, but since she was their sister they all worried about her getting hurt. And based on everything she had told them, they all knew that her and Kris's friendship was a unique case because of their ties to the Foot. They all wanted nothing more than for her to be happy and to be with someone that treated her right. Oh god if she ever dated a guy that wronged her, he would be a deformed bloody pulp in mere seconds. They were her brothers now and they were always going to worry about her, so of course it was only natural for their protective instincts to kick in. They would never tell Casey, but they had told April that they were keeping their eyes on Casey as well. So far he had been checking out and they could sense he was a good guy (Raph had especially grown closer to the man in the same way that Leo had grown personally closer to Jay), but they were continuously going to keep an extra close eye on him simply because they could sense that the two had a connection, and again, if anyone ever hurt April, well let's just say they would regret it for the rest of their life.

The humans down below continued on with their group routines as all the women danced (and kicked ass while doing so) to CL's Baddest Female, and the guys looked…interesting as they danced to Enrique Iglesias's "Finally Found You." There were multiple other dance routines that went on, some that were surprises and some that were even spontaneous. The choreographed dancing ended with Jay and Brenda dancing together to a faster paced and then a slow song. All the turtles cared about the entire time they watched these fancy and comical routines was that Sam had the hugest smile on her face the entire time.
Leo shook his head.
"Can you believe she was going to turn herself in and throw all of this away?" he asked in a saddened tone.
"We'll never let her do that" Donnie said as he looked over at his brother, "we're gonna make sure she looks like that for the rest of her life" he said as he pointed to Sam who was now happily dancing with her female friends now that everyone was dancing freely.
"Do you think we can do that?" Raph asked.
The brothers all looked at him funny.
"What do you mean?" Donnie asked.
"Well look at her, she's with people and she's smiling like crazy."
"She smiles with us" Mikey stated defensively.
"Well yeah, but with people, it has to be different. She deserves moments like that down there, and she can't have that if she's always with us-"
"And we won't let that happen either" Leo cut in.
"What?" Mikey asked, astounded at hearing his brother hear that they would keep Sam away from them.
"Not like that" Leo stated, "but we'll make sure she lives her life to the fullest and doesn't purposefully stay behind to wait for us. Obviously we want to spend time with her, she's our sister now, but we also have to push her towards hanging out with people like she is now. She deserves those happy moments as well."
"It's like when she told us which university she was going to" Donnie added. "We made her literally write us a list of reasons why she wanted to attend Blair in order to prove that she wasn't attending just to stay near us and keep us happy rather than travel somewhere further away and explore the world."
Mikey nodded his head, now he understood and he agreed.
"Now I get you, and I agree. We will take care of our sis and protect her, but we also need to encourage her to live her life and not always worry about us. That's what real friends, real brothers would do" he said confidently.
"Yeah, but we have to keep an eye out on that" Raph scoffed as he pointed down at Kris who now playfully wrapped his arm around Sam's waist as she then threw her arm over his shoulder in return.
"Oh for sure!" Mikey exclaimed as he formed O's with his hands and brought them towards his eyes as if looking through binoculars.
Donnie and Leo just laughed at the other two.
"Guys, we'll obviously keep an eye on him, but he's been a good guy so far. He's level headed and family oriented and he's been nothing but respectful and caring whenever we met him" Leo reassured.
"Ehhhh I don't know, he just seems fishy" Mikey said as he rubbed his chin.
"Yeah, and he upset her when she lost her family" Raph added with a grunt.
Donnie sighed. "Unfortunately that's true, but it was with best intentions. He was trying to protect her-"
"And he hurt her even more instead" Raph huffed.
"Well her own brother kept secrets from her as well, does that mean she shouldn't be close to him anymore either?" Leo questioned.
Raph and Mikey looked at each other and sighed.
"He has a point" Mikey said glumly.
"Tch, Leo always makes a good point, especially when Donnie is on his side."
"Point for leader and brains" Donnie said enthusiastically as he and his oldest brother high fived.

Not long after, April and Casey brought food up to the guys and the two kept the four company for about an hour as people down below continued to mingle.
April stared down through the openings along the ceiling and watched Sam as she was currently jamming out with her friends.
April laughed as she shook her head. "That girl is definitely something else."
Raph peeked down and noticed that Sam was now adding a lot more hip into her dancing.
"Something else is right" he said as he looked away.
"Awwww you guys don't like seeing Sam dance like a lady" Casey teased as he saw the way the guys were watching over her as she added hips and ass to her dancing.
"We did enjoy seeing you dance" Leo teased. As he raised his glass to drink he sent a mocking glare towards Casey as he looked over the edge of the glass.
"Hey I rocked that routine, don't hate on it!" Casey laughed.
"Well you should have, that was super easy!" Mikey said as he waved his hand forward.
"Psh, I wanna see you do better" Casey teased.
Mikey just laughed in response, but in his head he wanted to tell the group that he could do better because he had helped Sam come up with a routine that was ten times better, but for whatever reason the routine that had been performed had been dumbed down by a lot!
"So, I've been instructed to inform you guys that Sam will not be visiting you tonight" April said in a depressed yet gentle tone.
Donnie nodded his head. "Well that makes sense."
April tilted her head to the side. "It does?"
"Well yeah, she's embarrassed for us to see her dressed the way she is. She's told us before that peoples thoughts of her in her dress and makeup was her biggest worry about the wedding."
April nodded.
"Besides, she's happy down there. We don't want to disrupt that" Leo said genuinely.
April shot him and the rest of the brothers an odd look.
"You…you guys know she's the happiest when she's with you, right?"
The guys shrugged.
"Well yeah," Raph started, "but obviously she can't hang out with us the way she's hanging out with those people down there."
"Okay no!" April announced, waving her hand in front of her to deny what Raph said, "that specific situation down below doesn't count because those are females. She wouldn't dance that way with any guy ever in general."
'Ahhhh so Sam sees me as a fellow female companion. I guess that's fair, I have been seeing her as one of the guys all this time' Mikey thought to himself as he recalled moments where he and Sam had jokingly danced the same way together as she was now with her 'girlfriends.' He thought this as he continued to watch over her, unlike his brothers who would break their gaze in order to turn and talk to April and Casey.
"Don't worry April" Leo stated, "we know we're important to Sam, but we also just want to make sure she's living her life to the fullest and not holding back for us" Leo kindly reassured.
"Jay must be so happy to have you guys in his life" Casey said as he threw an arm around Raph's shoulder as a means to tease his new favorite mutant friend.

The group continued to talk for a while longer and then the two humans returned to the event being held down below.
The reception lasted for a few more hours and then guests began to make their leave.
Sam headed home with a few friends so that she could go change at her apartment and get into comfy clothes.
Jay and Brenda were about to leave for their honeymoon, but they wanted to greet and thank their green friends before they disappeared for the next two weeks.
April and Casey guided the boys towards an alley behind the church and soon after they arrived, the bride and groom met up with them.
A thrilled Brenda ran up and gave each brother a huge hug, and Jay being the big dork he was followed in her footsteps.
"Congratulations you guys, you definitely go well together" Leo teased as the goofy man caught up to his silly wife.
"Thanks man. It's crazy because we've always been together, but making things official is the greatest feeling in the world" Jay said as he kept his arms wrapped around his wife.
"So cute… you're giving me cavities" Mikey said as he pretended to faint.
"Ahhhh I just wish Sam was here. I'm so sorry about her behavior you guys."
"What are you talking about?" Raph questioned.
"She didn't visit you guys or anything! Like you're her best friends and her family!"
"And that's why we get it" Mikey stated. "She didn't want us to gush over her, which I'm sure TONS of people did that today." He said this last part with a raised brow, questioning Jay as to whether this was the case or not.
The man sighed. "You've got a point. I just don't want you guys to get the wrong idea as to why she didn't come up to visit you."
"Hey, don't worry about it. We know her well enough to know where her head's at" Leo said as he pat the man on the shoulder.
Jay couldn't help but smile. "Thanks Leo, I'm so glad she has the four of you. Oh! Sam also told me she is going to visit you guys tonight, but to give her some time to get herself cleaned up since she has to wash away tons of makeup and hair product."
"What? She gets an apartment to herself for two weeks and she's gonna come down and hangout with us?" Raph teased.
"Well someone has to babysit her" Jay replied. "Besides, her new roommate hasn't moved in yet so she'll be lonely."
"Oh, who's her new roommate?" Donnie asked.
Brenda rolled her eyes. "I love her, but wow she sucks at telling you guy's new news. My brother will be moving in once we officially move all of Jay's stuff out. It's close to his university, so he's going to live with her so it's easier for him to commute to campus. Plus that way he sort of can get a taste of what it'll be like to be independent, even though the two of us and my mom still will live nearby" she chuckled.
All four boys eyes widened some and Jay picked up on this.
"Oh, do you four disapprove?" Jay teased.
"Aren't they like a couple?" Raph asked.
Jay looked down at the ground for a few seconds before looking back up and answering the question.
"Their situation…it's a bit odd. If life had played out the way we all thought it would, then honestly yes those two would probably be a couple by now, but things didn't go according to plan. They've reconnected and are great friends again, but it's hard to say if they'll ever go back to the same type of extremely close friendship that could lead to more than that, you know?"
Raph nodded his head. "Alright, just checking."
Once again, Jay couldn't help but smile at this turtle, and then at all the turtles protective expressions as they nodded their heads in approval of what they had just heard.

The group continued to chat for a bit and then said their goodbyes.
Casey drove April home, so the boys decided to head back down to the lair since there was a manhole cover in the alley where they all had been talking.
Everyone went their separate ways and decided to kick back and relax after being in a setting of loud chatter and blaring music.
Mikey was looking at the clock and waiting for two hours to go by. That's when it would be dark outside and he could go check up on Sam, who still had yet to come down to the lair.
Mikey didn't bother to send a message to his brothers about where he was heading because he knew that if they were against him going to check on Sam then they would have stopped him before he had left the lair.

About 5 minutes later he was knocking on Sam's window. The blinds were closed, so he wasn't sure if she still had company over. He told himself that he would wait for 5 minutes and then would head home, but within 5 seconds the blinds opened and a smiling Sam quickly opened up the window.
"Hey, sorry" she said through gritted teeth, showing how awkward she felt.
Sam waved Mikey in and he carefully made his way into the familiar bedroom.
"What are you apologizing for?" he asked cautiously.
"Because I told Jay to tell you that I would head down to your place soon, and yet here I am still getting ready. I was so exhausted that I crashed as soon as I got home and literally just got out of the shower like 20 minutes ago."
Mikey chuckled. "Sam, you were kicking major ass on the dance floor. A dancer NEVER apologizes for that!" he said with a smirk.
Her playful smile then turned into a flat lined expression as her tone became more serious.
"I also have something else to apologize for, I-"
"NO!" Mikey said as he threw his arm out and held his hand out as to say 'stop.'
"Do NOT apologize for not coming to see us!"
Sam pursed her lips. "But!-"
"HUSH CHILD! There is no need! We know you well enough to know why you didn't come up and visit us. You were having fun with your people…well, people-people! Human beings, and we get that. We also know you were embarrassed because of your attire."
Sam's face began to turn red as she looked away when he mentioned how she was dressed.
"Sooooooo you hungry? You can grab whatever you want from the kitchen while I finish getting everything I need."
"How much stuff do you need for one sleepover?" Mikey asked, taking mental note as to how Sam was avoiding talking about how she was dressed for the wedding.
Sam laughed out loud.
"One? Oh no, you're stuck with me for 2 weeks" she said with a devilish grin.
Mikey looked like he had just won the lottery because of how excited he was.
"What?! Do the guys know?!"
"Not until I tell them" Sam said with a smirk.
"Ohhhhh it's going to be a fun two weeks my friend!" Mikey said. "Oh! How come you guys changed the dance?" he asked.
Sam paused as she tried to understand what he was talking about, then the light bulb went off.
"Oh! The group dance? Unfortunately the dresses we were wearing weren't flexible enough to handle the routine you and I came up with. Trust me I get why you're upset, our routine was wayyyyy more fun and intricate than the final product" she said with a pouty face.
"Oh I'm not upset! I just thought that maybe you took other people's input and didn't want mine AND THAT'S FINE!" he announced as he saw Sam turn towards him defensively as if she was about to start rambling on about how that wasn't true.
"But I would never do that to you" Sam said softly. "So it's not fine. Trust me if I had more of a say than everyone would have been doing our routine. Although, to a certain extent I'm kind of glad that I didn't dance our routine, I mean it is ours for a reason."
Mikey was confused. "Wait, what?"
"Well the two of us came up with the original routine. I don't think I could perfectly pull off what we came up with unless I was dancing with you" she said as her back was turned towards Mikey as she was folding some clothes into a larger overnight duffle bag.
Mikey was glad that Sam couldn't see his face or else she would see the heartwarming smile that he was currently displaying. Something that only she and he could do together, something about that just sounded nice and made him feel very happy.
He didn't want her to see his dorkily-happy expression, so he excused himself and thought of a reason to leave the room.
"I'll be back in just a minute" he said as he walked out of the room and headed towards the kitchen to get some snacks.

Sam smiled as she went back to packing her bag.
'Phew!' she thought to herself, 'I'm so glad he caught the hint and dropped the topic. I hate when guys tell me I'm beautiful only because I looked feminine for a day, and then don't compliment me like that anymore. I hate false compliments, and I'll especially hate that from him, my best friend. I just hope his brothers catch on and react the same way' she thought to herself.

Lucky for her, Sam had the best brothers any girl could ask for. They never said anything about her dress…but the oldest three did tease her about Kris. It was definitely a fun 2 weeks.

Dear Guest on Chapter 45: I was a bit irked to hear the new movie will be a reboot since I personally feel like there was still so much that could have been added onto the 2014 and 2016 films, but I'm hoping that they put some consideration into what fans want to see and how they portray the turtles. I also hope they continue on with providing the turtles with their own unique personalities. Within every series I love seeing the difference between the turtles, and I also love how in the later series new emotions and character traits have been added onto each turtle as well. For example, 2012 cartoon Raph being every animal's best friend and Leo having extremely adorkable and funny moments which I feel is uncommon for him. I also loved their look in the 2016 film and loved how they wore clothes, I hope they keep that up, even if it's just simple black shorts which I am loving in the 2018 cartoon.

Dear Guest on Chapter 43: Oh trust me I would love for this story to turn into a comic book or even a chapter book. Like if this could somehow become a job for me then I would take that job on headstrong as best as I could!

I just wanted to address some more recent comments made by guests, because all comments mean the world to me and I want you all to know that I read everything you all have to say :) Thank you all for your support as always!